Taking Next Steps

Cascadian Farm is helping to highlight how to get involved and make a difference. Through the Bee Friendlier program they are asking everyone to help increase habitat for bees and other pollinators by planting wildflowers to help them thrive. It’s also why they are donating $0.50, up to $150,000, for every code redeemed online before December 31, 2014, to one of three programs (including Xerces) to help support bee research and habitat creation. Visit Bee-Friendlier.com.

Xerces’ most recent book, Attracting Native Pollinators: Protecting North America’s Bees and Butterflies, is available to purchase from our website. The book is published in 2011 by Storey Publishing, North Adams, Massachusetts. Attracting Native Pollinators is coauthored by four Xerces Society staff members Eric Mader, Matthew Shepherd, Mace Vaughan, and Scott Black in collaboration with Gretchen LeBuhn. Read more.

We need your help! Bumble bees are in decline across the country. Help scientists track and conserve North American bumble bees by participating in this citizen science project. Visit Bumblebeewatch.org.